In a paper published in Science Advances, the Pilhofer Lab (IMBB) together with the Albers Lab from the University of ...

To reconstruct Luca's genome, we needed a sample of genomes (all the genetic information in an organism) from across different groups of bacteria and archaea (single cell organisms distinct from ...

The clearest picture yet of our “last universal common ancestor” suggests it was a relatively complex organism living 4.2 ...

Researchers discovered a 3.26-billion-year-old asteroid impact acted as 'giant fertilizer bomb,' aiding early microbial life.

I studied bacteria and another type of microbe called archaea from hot environments for many years to learn how they might have evolved on early Earth, but I still have so many unanswered questions.

Evo is a large language model that is not trained on words but on the genomes of millions of microbes. It can accurately ...

Dr. Zhou’s outstanding achievements are recognized internationally as a top 0.1% global highly cited researcher by all three major complementary metrics based on Elservier’s Scopus, Web of Science, ...